5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAWNY

FAWNY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Somewhat fawn in colour.

Noun

A finger ring.

Alternative forms: fawney

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How FAWNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAWNY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,837 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE SOLDE TORSE SERAL SHIEL
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAWNY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAWNY ranks #9,837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
8
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
36%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
370
163
159
144
80
67
62
60
54
44
40
38
32
29
22
21
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16
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAWNY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

29.1% →
TOISE 6.10 bits
15.7% →
SLATE 5.57 bits
6.9% →
TOISE 5.25 bits
6.7% →
SOLDE 4.67 bits
6.1% →
TORSE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
TOISE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
SERAL 4.52 bits
2.6% →
SHIEL 5.20 bits
2.5% →
URITE 5.06 bits
2.3% →
SLART 3.53 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for FAWNY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

F4A1W4N1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.